OFFICE **OF**THEATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

**Eonor8bl.e Ian**  **Ahup, Exeoutlve**  **Secretary State**  Comettrsicm for the Blind Imad Offioe 

### Bulldiag Auatln,Taxae
Dear Sir:



### rubJeot

h8sbeen**reoelved** 4 **rFOi6 JOUS** l&ter, date

Imoe loanad to blind rm 1lnC 18 the **Maahiaas**which this area. We these maOhine8
September. 1943, I warn iiitr Anita 

### Blair mid ot keeplqg raiti with her 8 rith 

### theCOm#irrSlonfor e proper uat 0r tht TalkI hid her that under the clruume compelled to tak up the rahine. t rht uaa .?icG goal& to let WJ under eny olroumatanaea uu? that get a lav~er 80 as to prohibit the Atate Conrml.eslon for the Bltnd from taking the meohinu from !aer. I tried to 1?eeaon ulth her, but to no avail. 3x0 also aduired me that If it nau neoweary, she would take the uetter up vlth her Gagrt6taan in Wa8Ur@on. “After the conversation with Liar Blair, I aontected Hr. Guinn, vho Is county ettorney of Xl !“a#~Bonor~bla Lon Alwp, m&a 2

Golmby. I rbored him the oontraot sad gave him -she#aeon that it naa tuoaraary for the depertmant to **plok** up the Tallc~ Book Uaohlnt. Mr. Quinn called Alar Blair over the telephaaa and adriwd her to let me pSuk up tbe **mahlne,** but mhe reru443d aad said that 8he uav going to get a lawyer to realat her In the matter.

‘The aounty attorney agreed to handle the oaae ror the Stats Comlrtlon for the BUnA. Headvised me, horever, **that** it would be neaeraary ior the **4&0&tjr**

**t0** t64ke 4 **bCUAd** tV%Ot tht 008t Or th0 YObine. I left the ozigl~l oontraot vCth the couatp attorney with the understandirrg that he uould prepare the neae8rary ~peru and have our re eueatatlve, Miaa Zheo Nitoball, properly slgin ap” 1 legal

sw=* l I do aot balleve that it is neossa~y tot. the department to rake a bond in Thor Game. ”

. . . .

“In order that you may have aocurate umrmation aa to hou ue lend thera maohines to bU.nd peracamor tbls rtate, we lr8 hereto 

### l ttaahlng a copy or our agraemmt rlth tba **Library** of Coweae, lfaahl.mgton, D. C., au uell aa oop’~or the eontraot or agreement mhiuh this department bar vlth borrmters of tlwae m4ehinea.

‘Slnct it is evident that IrIiauBlair does not Lotend to give up or return the ma~hinet~ the State 

## co6~6i6~mn

r08theBlindOD

hecown

lnlriative er **at** the requwt of the deplCtment, wemeet reqwct- 

## rully**rqmt you**  **to rdvtee**  **us ~a**  to the praper pocedure thZe depsrtmenr, muet follow In OFdeW te gb poa8ssrlon of Telklng Book Hechine Bbdel 10, SerJnl #o. 3721, 

### fr **you** dosirs 

## furthorinfomeionrrm thla 6epaFtmat Lnregardnto thle emttor, we~111 be happyto furaleh eeme. 

### We have enmlned

the 

### rorm

of l greemnt betveen The **Library of**  Cong;rsss **an& St8te**  Commiuslon for the Blind and tim Aweement oovarrag the loen of a T8lklng Bsak Raahiae to Anlta Blair, vhioh wereattaohed to yoitr t&tter.Honorable Lotl Aleup, page 3

Seatlow 2, 3 and 4 or Artlole J207a of 

### Veraon’s Civil Statutes, provide 

### as follovrt

“sec. 2. The

### StateCtmnIaaI~~for the Blind ohall meinteln a Duresu of Information, tbx object of vhlah shell bs 

### toold the blind whose trainfag ia not othemI*e poolded 

## r0F,in**rindbig**amp10 - aunt, IA developing hoas Induatrlea uong the bTlnd, urd LAmrketlng tbelr producta. The Comlealo~ ahall IA it8 diaeretIoA rurAlah mt4Fl418, toola und books for the use as a ADAMIA rehabilltAtirrg such p%raoar, AA~It IWIJ eatabllab vorkahopa end aAleerooAe, end ah11 heve authority to we AA~reotlpta oc earnlagu that loarue fia the operation OSiadustria1 aohoola, ulearoaa or vorkahopa as prwlded in this Chapter, but detelled rtatement 

## orreeelpts08 

### earaIng8aad axpendlturea ehell be **mado**monthly to the Auditor Of the 

### State. 

## Thc~ugh the eqployoent of teaohera the Comlarion aaj gIre lnatmetlon to 

### adultblind perroar ln the3.r 

### haeat provided thee fLt

### shellnot 

### undertakethepmnaeat support or meinteaaaoe of any blind 

### psraon. The Colalaalon cay elao register oa8ea OSperaoaa 

### vhoae eye-aIg2lt is aerloualy defeotlve or who are likely to beooAe viauelly henblaepped or bllAd, end take auoh 

### twaawea, in eooperatloA with other authorltiea, as It nay deem advlaeble for the preventloA or blinWvaa or,cokaaarvatlon or e~ealght, and IA 8pproprIate caaea, for the eduaatioa of children and for the -oeetlonel guidance oi’ adults having aeriowly defeotloe right. The Conmlaalon MJ reoelve 

## gme, bepu##ta, or devlaea from inblviduela, aaaociatIona or corporations, andauy expend them in aacordence vith 

### theprovisions of this Act.

“see. 3. The Stete Cowtlualo~ fctr the Blind wy appol.zatand 

## rix the oompenaation of aa 

### executive secretory and such other verkdra ae nmybentceaaary 

## tomake

## ametivcfthe purpoaes 

## 0r this Aot within kheapproprlatlone provided.

“sec. 4. The CowtlaaIon shall aeke a detailed report to the Leglelature by Senuary 1st of eaoh biennium 

## invhlch It convenes, shoving all approprl.etiontt received and hou the aamt have boen expsaded,XonoreUe Lan Ahup, p8ge 4

end ooverlng its 8otlvltlee and 

### l oooapllghmuntr end making r6ccuma6ndetlons therein for the further imprr;zm$Bt of the oonditlaam of the blind In the

. There $8 00 8tatute authorizing the State Comlselon **for** the Blind to imlntaln a rult in the MW of the State of Tex88 and there 18 nothing in tbo agreemant bvtveen Tha Library of Congreea a0 the St8te Com13.88ion for the Blldl glviry or conveyltq any aatarert in the Ulkiog book uohlne to the State oi Tau8. The agreement le8ve8 the title urd aontrel of the t8lkUg book machine in the Library of Cowers. The lw is ~011 rattled tb8t no one has ths right to flls l suit in the MM of the State of Team wales8 tha St&t@ has an lntareet fn 

### the l ubjeot sued for 8nd it r0il0va t&t the state aould not bs held liable for the oourt coat8 and aptmm of ru6h a **8uit.**

%I therefore ruggest that TOU**requert** thv Library of Crnkgre8e to edvim you in the matter rubnitted hervvlth. Very truly yours